Hands-On Exercise 03

In-Class Exercise
R
sf
lubridate
grab-posisi

Spatial Point Pattern Analysis

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Published

January 12, 2024

Modified

January 17, 2024

1st and 2nd Order Spatial Point Patterns Analysis Methods

Spatial Point Pattern Analysis is the evaluation of the pattern, or distribution, of a set of points on a surface. It can refer to the actual spatial or temporal location of these points or also include data from point sources. It is one of the most fundamental concepts in geography and spatial analysis. This hands-on exercise will explore the basic concepts and methods of Spatial Point Pattern Analysis.

Particularly, we will explore using spatstat, an R package specially designed for Spatial Point Pattern Analysis.

1.0 Overview

Today, we will use Spatial Point Pattern Analysis to analyse the spatial point processes of childcare centers in Singapore.

The specific questions we would like to address through this exercise are as follows:

  • Are the childcare centres in Singapore randomly distributed throughout the country?

  • Where are the locations with higher concentration of childcare centres?

2.0 Importing Packages

In this hands-on exercise, we will use the following R package:

  • sf, a relatively new R package specially designed to import, manage and process vector-based geospatial data in R.

  • spatstat, which has a wide range of useful functions for point pattern analysis. In this hands-on exercise, it will be used to perform 1st- and 2nd-order spatial point patterns analysis and derive kernel density estimation (KDE) layer.

  • raster which reads, writes, manipulates, analyses and model of gridded spatial data (i.e. raster). In this hands-on exercise, it will be used to convert image output generate by spatstat into raster format.

  • maptools which provides a set of tools for manipulating geographic data. In this hands-on exercise, we mainly use it to convert Spatial objects into ppp format of spatstat.

  • tmap which provides functions for plotting cartographic quality static point patterns maps or interactive maps by using leaflet API.

pacman::p_load(sf, raster, spatstat, tmap, devtools)

3.0 Importing Datasets to R Environment

In this exercise, we will use the following datasets:

  • CHILDCARE, a point feature data providing both location and attribute information of childcare centres. It was downloaded from Data.gov.sg and is in geojson format.

  • MP14_SUBZONE_WEB_PL, a polygon feature data providing information of URA 2014 Master Plan Planning Subzone boundary data. It is in ESRI shapefile format. This data set was also downloaded from Data.gov.sg.

  • CostalOutline, a polygon feature data showing the national boundary of Singapore. It is provided by SLA and is in ESRI shapefile format.

3.1 Importing Geospatial Data

In this section, st_read() of sf package will be used to import the three geospatial data sets mentioned in previous section into R environment.

childcare_sf <- st_read("~/IS415-GAA/data/aspatial/child-care-services-geojson.geojson")
Reading layer `child-care-services-geojson' from data source 
  `/Users/khantminnaing/IS415-GAA/data/aspatial/child-care-services-geojson.geojson' 
  using driver `GeoJSON'
Simple feature collection with 2290 features and 2 fields
Geometry type: POINT
Dimension:     XYZ
Bounding box:  xmin: 103.6878 ymin: 1.247759 xmax: 103.9897 ymax: 1.462134
z_range:       zmin: 0 zmax: 0
Geodetic CRS:  WGS 84
mpsz_sf <- st_read(dsn = "~/IS415-GAA/data/geospatial", 
                layer = "MP14_SUBZONE_WEB_PL")
Reading layer `MP14_SUBZONE_WEB_PL' from data source 
  `/Users/khantminnaing/IS415-GAA/data/geospatial' using driver `ESRI Shapefile'
Simple feature collection with 323 features and 15 fields
Geometry type: MULTIPOLYGON
Dimension:     XY
Bounding box:  xmin: 2667.538 ymin: 15748.72 xmax: 56396.44 ymax: 50256.33
Projected CRS: SVY21

4.0 Geospatial Data Wrangling

4.1. Assigning Stanadrd Coordinate Systems

childcare_sf <- st_transform(childcare_sf, crs = 3414)
mpsz_sf <- st_transform(mpsz_sf, crs = 3414)

4.2 Mappoing Geospatial Datasets

After checking and assigning correct referencing system of each geospatial data data frame, it is also useful for us to plot a map to show their spatial patterns. We will use tmap to create an interactive point symbol map.

tmap_mode('view')
tm_shape(childcare_sf)+
  tm_dots()
tmap_mode('plot')
Reflection

My original tmap version was 3.99 and tmap_mode('view') does not work with the version. Hence, we have to download an older version of tmap that is compatible with using the code chunk below:

install_version("tmap", "3.3-4")

While it is a good practice to keep the packages updated, some functions might be unavailable in certain package versions. Using the code chunk above, we can pull older or achieved versions of the R-packages and apply in our code.

4.3 Converting the simple features to spatstat’s ppp format

spatstat requires the analytical data in ppp object form. Hence we will convert sf objects to ppp objects using as.ppp() function by providing the point coordinates and the observation window.

childcare_ppp <- as.ppp(st_coordinates(childcare_sf), st_bbox(childcare_sf))
plot(childcare_ppp)

Next, we will take a quick look at the summary statistics of the newly created ppp object.

summary(childcare_ppp)
Marked planar point pattern:  2290 points
Average intensity 2.875673e-06 points per square unit

*Pattern contains duplicated points*

Coordinates are given to 3 decimal places
i.e. rounded to the nearest multiple of 0.001 units

marks are numeric, of type 'double'
Summary:
   Min. 1st Qu.  Median    Mean 3rd Qu.    Max. 
      0       0       0       0       0       0 

Window: rectangle = [11810.03, 45404.24] x [25596.33, 49300.88] units
                    (33590 x 23700 units)
Window area = 796335000 square units
Reflection

Notice the warning message about duplicates. In spatial point patterns analysis an issue of significant is the presence of duplicates. The statistical methodology used for spatial point patterns processes is based largely on the assumption that process are simple, that is, that the points cannot be coincident.

4.4 Handling duplicated points

We can check the duplication in a ppp object by using the code chunk below.

any(duplicated(childcare_ppp))
[1] TRUE

Since the above code chunk returns TRUE, we will use the multiplicity() function to count the number of co-indicence point.

multiplicity(childcare_ppp)
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   1    2    2    1    1    1    1    2    2    3    1    1    1    1    1    2 
1473 1474 1475 1476 1477 1478 1479 1480 1481 1482 1483 1484 1485 1486 1487 1488 
   1    1    3    3    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    3    3    3 
1489 1490 1491 1492 1493 1494 1495 1496 1497 1498 1499 1500 1501 1502 1503 1504 
   2    2    3    2    3    2    3    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    1    1 
1505 1506 1507 1508 1509 1510 1511 1512 1513 1514 1515 1516 1517 1518 1519 1520 
   1    1    1    1    2    1    1    1    1    1    1    3    1    1    1    1 
1521 1522 1523 1524 1525 1526 1527 1528 1529 1530 1531 1532 1533 1534 1535 1536 
   1    1    1    1    1    1    2    1    1    1    1    5    1    1    1    1 
1537 1538 1539 1540 1541 1542 1543 1544 1545 1546 1547 1548 1549 1550 1551 1552 
   3    1    1    2    1    1    1    2    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1 
1553 1554 1555 1556 1557 1558 1559 1560 1561 1562 1563 1564 1565 1566 1567 1568 
   1    1    7    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1 
1569 1570 1571 1572 1573 1574 1575 1576 1577 1578 1579 1580 1581 1582 1583 1584 
   3    1    1    5    1    3    2    3    3    3    3    2    2    4    3    2 
1585 1586 1587 1588 1589 1590 1591 1592 1593 1594 1595 1596 1597 1598 1599 1600 
   2    2    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1 
1601 1602 1603 1604 1605 1606 1607 1608 1609 1610 1611 1612 1613 1614 1615 1616 
   1    1    1    1    1    5    1    1    3    1    1    1    1    1    1    1 
1617 1618 1619 1620 1621 1622 1623 1624 1625 1626 1627 1628 1629 1630 1631 1632 
   1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1 
1633 1634 1635 1636 1637 1638 1639 1640 1641 1642 1643 1644 1645 1646 1647 1648 
   1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    2    2 
1649 1650 1651 1652 1653 1654 1655 1656 1657 1658 1659 1660 1661 1662 1663 1664 
   2    1    1    1    2    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1 
1665 1666 1667 1668 1669 1670 1671 1672 1673 1674 1675 1676 1677 1678 1679 1680 
   2    2    2    3    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    4    2    2    2    2 
1681 1682 1683 1684 1685 1686 1687 1688 1689 1690 1691 1692 1693 1694 1695 1696 
   2    4    3    2    2    2    2    3    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2 
1697 1698 1699 1700 1701 1702 1703 1704 1705 1706 1707 1708 1709 1710 1711 1712 
   2    2    4    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    1    2    2    2    2    2 
1713 1714 1715 1716 1717 1718 1719 1720 1721 1722 1723 1724 1725 1726 1727 1728 
   3    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    3    2    2    2    2    2 
1729 1730 1731 1732 1733 1734 1735 1736 1737 1738 1739 1740 1741 1742 1743 1744 
   2    2    2    2    2    2    2    5    2    2    2    7    2    2    2    2 
1745 1746 1747 1748 1749 1750 1751 1752 1753 1754 1755 1756 1757 1758 1759 1760 
   2    2    2    2    2    2    7    2    4    2    2    2    2    2    2    2 
1761 1762 1763 1764 1765 1766 1767 1768 1769 1770 1771 1772 1773 1774 1775 1776 
   2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    3    2    2    2    2    2    1    2 
1777 1778 1779 1780 1781 1782 1783 1784 1785 1786 1787 1788 1789 1790 1791 1792 
   2    2    2    3    2    2    2    2    3    2    2    2    2    3    2    2 
1793 1794 1795 1796 1797 1798 1799 1800 1801 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 
   2    2    2    2    3    2    2    3    3    3    3    3    2    3    2    3 
1809 1810 1811 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817 1818 1819 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 
   3    3    3    2    2    3    3    2    3    3    2    2    2    2    2    3 
1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 
   2    3    3    3    3    2    2    2    2    2    3    2    2    2    3    2 
1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 
   3    3    2    2    2    2    3    3    3    3    3    3    3    2    2    3 
1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 
   2    2    2    2    3    3    3    3    2    2    3    3    2    2    3    2 
1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 
   3    3    2    2    3    3    2    2    3    4    3    3    2    3    2    2 
1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 
   3    2    2    2    2    3    2    2    2    7    2    1    2    7    2    2 
1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 
   4    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2 
1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 
   2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2 
1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 
   2    2    2    2    2    2    5    2    2    2    2    2    4    1    1    1 
1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 
   1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    3    3    3    3    1    3    1 
1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 
   3    3    3    3    3    3    3    3    3    3    3    3    3    1    3    3 
1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 
   3    3    3    3    3    3    3    3    3    3    3    1    1    3    3    3 
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 
   2    3    3    3    3    3    4    3    2    3    3    3    3    3    3    3 
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 
   3    3    3    3    3    3    3    3    2    3    3    3    2    2    2    2 
2033 2034 2035 2036 2037 2038 2039 2040 2041 2042 2043 2044 2045 2046 2047 2048 
   3    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    4    2    2    2    2    1    2    2 
2049 2050 2051 2052 2053 2054 2055 2056 2057 2058 2059 2060 2061 2062 2063 2064 
   2    2    2    2    2    3    2    3    2    2    2    3    3    2    2    2 
2065 2066 2067 2068 2069 2070 2071 2072 2073 2074 2075 2076 2077 2078 2079 2080 
   3    2    3    2    2    2    2    2    2    3    2    2    3    2    2    2 
2081 2082 2083 2084 2085 2086 2087 2088 2089 2090 2091 2092 2093 2094 2095 2096 
   2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2 
2097 2098 2099 2100 2101 2102 2103 2104 2105 2106 2107 2108 2109 2110 2111 2112 
   2    2    3    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    3    2    2    2 
2113 2114 2115 2116 2117 2118 2119 2120 2121 2122 2123 2124 2125 2126 2127 2128 
   2    2    2    2    2    2    4    2    7    2    2    2    1    2    2    2 
2129 2130 2131 2132 2133 2134 2135 2136 2137 2138 2139 2140 2141 2142 2143 2144 
   2    1    2    2    2    2    2    7    2    4    2    2    2    2    2    2 
2145 2146 2147 2148 2149 2150 2151 2152 2153 2154 2155 2156 2157 2158 2159 2160 
   2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    3    2    2    2    2    2    2 
2161 2162 2163 2164 2165 2166 2167 2168 2169 2170 2171 2172 2173 2174 2175 2176 
   1    2    2    2    2    3    2    2    3    1    2    2    2    2    2    2 
2177 2178 2179 2180 2181 2182 2183 2184 2185 2186 2187 2188 2189 2190 2191 2192 
   2    2    1    3    2    2    2    3    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2 
2193 2194 2195 2196 2197 2198 2199 2200 2201 2202 2203 2204 2205 2206 2207 2208 
   2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2 
2209 2210 2211 2212 2213 2214 2215 2216 2217 2218 2219 2220 2221 2222 2223 2224 
   2    2    2    2    2    4    2    7    2    7    2    2    4    2    2    2 
2225 2226 2227 2228 2229 2230 2231 2232 2233 2234 2235 2236 2237 2238 2239 2240 
   2    2    3    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    4    2    2 
2241 2242 2243 2244 2245 2246 2247 2248 2249 2250 2251 2252 2253 2254 2255 2256 
   2    2    2    2    3    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2 
2257 2258 2259 2260 2261 2262 2263 2264 2265 2266 2267 2268 2269 2270 2271 2272 
   2    2    2    2    2    4    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    4 
2273 2274 2275 2276 2277 2278 2279 2280 2281 2282 2283 2284 2285 2286 2287 2288 
   2    2    2    2    2    2    2    3    3    2    2    2    2    2    2    2 
2289 2290 
   2    2 

If we want to know how many locations have more than one point event, we can use sum()

sum(multiplicity(childcare_ppp) > 1)
[1] 885

The output shows that there are 885 duplicated point events.

To view the locations of these duplicate point events, we will plot childcare data by using the code chunk below.

tmap_mode('view')
tm_shape(childcare_sf) +
  tm_dots(alpha=0.4, 
          size=0.05)
tmap_mode('plot')
Reflection

Can we spot the duplicate points from the map shown above?

Yes, if we zoom in and look closely to the points, we may observe that some points has darker shade than others, despite using the same color for all points. Those points with darker shade may indicate the duplicated points, as a result of overlap.

How do we overcome the issue of data duplicates?

There are three ways to overcome this problem. The easiest way is to delete the duplicates. But, that will also mean that some useful point events will be lost.

The second solution is use jittering, which will add a small perturbation to the duplicate points so that they do not occupy the exact same space.

The third solution is to make each point “unique” and then attach the duplicates of the points to the patterns as marks, as attributes of the points. Then you would need analytical techniques that take into account these marks.

childcare_ppp_jit <- rjitter(childcare_ppp, 
                             retry=TRUE, 
                             nsim=1, 
                             drop=TRUE)
any(duplicated(childcare_ppp_jit))
[1] FALSE

1st Order Spatial Point Pattern Analysis